Flying Away and Shoveling

Hola!

How was your first week of 2017?

We had David and Teresa home the whole week!

SCHOOL STARTS. Of course, last week Kara and I went back to school, and Frank was working (yippee for that, right? :) :) ). David and Teresa tried to visit friends or have lunch with them, or whatever, right up until hours before we went to the airport on Saturday.

I found this picture of David by the Highlander:
New Year's Eve 8 years ago

LIFE HACK: 5 drivers have to actually communicate, often repeating themselves many times in a row, to share 3 cars.  (P.S. Life Hack definition: "A strategy or technique adopted in order to manage one's time and daily activities in a more efficient way.")

FLYING EARLY. Then, Dark and Early on Saturday morning, we got out the door at 5a.m. to drive them to the airport! For a 7a.m. flight. And then...just like that...they were gone :( :( :(

Look there are BUDS on this tree! Really!

Timing was actually good, though, for them to fly out that early. Our first snowstorm of the new year

started about noon, and continued on into the night. Not really a blizzard, but just a steady snowstorm. We got about 6 inches.

LATE CHURCH. Another blessing of the new year: we have church from 1-4p.m.! Frank was able to "sleep in" a little, then get up and shovel us out this morning. (He shovels, and I take pictures. So nice we can divide the work evenly.) Blue skies, and the roads had already been cleared. Just hours after the snow falls, it is still WHITE! Ha. It was really pretty. Cold, but pretty.

MISSION PREP. Teresa's break was far from leisurely. She tried to check off all the boxes, to complete the application to go on a mission :) :) :) She can't choose where she goes, but among other things she tells them her availability date, and if she is willing to learn a language, etc.  (She would like to start soon after the semester ends, the end of April. Lots of factors determine her actual start date, so we won't know that until she opens the letter, maybe in a month or so.)

She had dentist and doctor appointments, tb test reading, interviews with church leaders...the very last piece is insurance. Since Frank just started with Wolters Kluwer, he sent in all the info this past week for our family for insurance. We should get the cards & policy numbers next week sometime. Then they can push the "submit" button and finish the application!

Well I hope your week was filled with productive moments, including quiet moments to reflect. Upward and onward, and remember, in the words of our ever-looking-at-the-bright-side-neighbor Rob, "Today is One Day Closer To Spring!!"

Love, Kari